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Quote of the day, from bcholmes:

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

— Dom Hélder Câmara

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[dr-brat.livejournal.com]

He was an incredibly brave man. One of the videos I used to use for my LA politics class had a clip of him facing down armed soldiers - essentially daring them to shoot him - under the military regime in Brazil.